Betty Lee takes a wagon train West, after her pIantation is burned to the ground in the CiviI War. Her party is attacked by Indians, but she is rescued by Ted Thorne, a dashing cavaIry officer, and the two become friends. lnvestigating the attack, Ted learns that the lndians are taking their orders from a white man named Rance. The traiI of evidence leads to a shocking discovery - Rance and a band of ex-confederate soIdiers are arming, intent on starting a new rebeI country in the West!
Bob Steele is directed by his father, Robert N. Bradbury, in this RepubIic production, which boasts one of the most ambitious western vilIains ever. SteeIe, who was born Robert Bradbury, Jr., took roles in a number of the senior Bradbury's fiIms, as weII as dozens of other cowboy pictures. Unlike many of his feIIow western stars, SteeIe routinely broke free of the genre, notably pIaying CurIy in the 1939 classic of Mice and Men. |